Category: Task 5 – Languages

Task 5 was themed around languages. The learners were split into two groups.
Group A have been involved in translating for the SWITCH project and will write about their experiences.
Group B will be writing about their experiences of learning languages in England and their thoughts on language learning as a whole.

My name is Elisa and my school is an institute called Tambosi Battisti where I am studying a Tourism course. I’m really enthusiastic for my course because I study languages, economics and geography. In my course there are twelve subjects and I prefer the languages. Continue reading “Elisa”

Hello, I’m Ludouica and I’m 14. I live in a small city called Valcounover, 20km away from Trento. I’m in the first year of school which is focused on Business. My favourite subjects are absolutely languages. I study German and English and I know a little bit of Spanish. I love languages because they can give you a cultural mix and you can travel all around the world and talk with people from other countries. Continue reading “Ludouica”

My name is Irene and my school is Tambosi Battisti where I am studying Tourism. I am Italian and I really like my Tourism course. I like most of the subjects we have apart from apart from German and Maths. My favourite subjects are English and Italian because I like Literature. Continue reading “Irene”

Hi my name is Husnain, I am 17 and I study at Institut Puig Castellar. I am from Pakistan but I came to Spain 4 years ago with my family, I came to Spain for a better future. In Pakistan I studied from nursery to 6th class. Then I came to Spain which was a very different place for me. Continue reading “Husnain”

Hi, I’m Javier, I’m 19 and I’m a student at Puig Castellar. I have studied IT at this college since 2017 because I finished Bachillerato last year. This is a post-grade of ESO and is the first step to go University or a Superior Professional Formation Grade. Continue reading “Javier”

Hello my name is Denis, I am 19 years old and I’m studying ‘DAM’ at institute Puig Castellar. Before this I studied secondary education at institute Can Peixauet and was playing football in a team called ‘F.S Rapid’. Continue reading “Denis”

I’ve always considered the acquisition of another language to be one of the most valuable and rewarding ways to spend our free time, yet simultaneously one of the most time-consuming, not to mention incredibly difficult, things to learn about. I think it was Goethe who once mentioned that ‘Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own,’ and I can’t help but believe in how extraordinarily accurate this aphorism is. Continue reading “Learning Languages”